The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have ...

The Amazon Rainforest teems with exotic, diverse wildlife, from energetic monkeys to colorful macaws to predatory jaguars.

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...

The Amazon River dolphin, or boto, ... Being the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystem in the world, the tropical rainforest is teeming with animals of all shapes and sizes, ...

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It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Researchers have investigated how animals react to this.

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth. Despite covering only around 1% of the planet’s surface, the Amazon rainforest is home to 10% of all the ...

Let’s take a look at the most common animals in the stunning Amazon Rainforest. This post was updated on June 16, 2025 to include information on the newly discovered Ranitomeya aetherea. 1.